Thu.Jul 30, 2020

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Traditional or Agile? - 10 Questions to Find Out Which PM Method Is Right for Your Project

Inloox

Traditional vs. agile project management. The discussion about the right method has divided the industry. The answer to this question is usually a list of the differences, followed by the note: It always depends on the specific project. Your project determines the project management method and not the other way around. The key question is therefore: Which method fits your specific project?

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Top Project Planning and Scheduling Software of 2020

Celoxis

Every project requires planning and effective implementation to make it successful and a project management tool can be a key aspect of it. The Project management tool should be easy to use and have a comprehensive set of features. Some software might have good UI but might lack features and others might be feature-rich but too complex for your team to grasp.

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What Type Of Motivation Moves Your Team?

Bridge the Gap Consulting

If you’re a runner and had a race calendar planned out for 2020, it probably fell apart sometime mid March to early April. Races postponed, postponed again, or outright cancelled. It’s sad, but a reality we all face. The half marathon I’ve run every year since 2011 was initially postponed from May to August 29th. I planned to run it with a close friend who’s never ran a half before and was looking forward to helping her achieve her milestone.

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Create Value: Map the Value Stream

Project Management Essentials

If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” W. Edwards Deming Our work and home lives our bounded by standard operating procedures and process—and too many of them stink. We all have encountered Byzantine-like bureaucracies where the lines are long, the rules are contradictory, and nothing makes any sense.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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Mapping project value-add

Musings on Project Management

To get things in the right sequence, let's define "value-add" before talking about mapping value-add Simply put, insofar as one-time projects are concerned (setting aside repetitive services, etc): Value-add is anything you can make out of stuff -- to include intangible stuff -- that is ultimately delivered to the customer, or makes the deliverable a good thing in the customer's eyes.

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Vendor Showcase Recap: Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Rich Murphy’s showcase session, Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content.

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Resource Allocation: 5 Step Guide For Project Managers

Teamweek

According to PMI, barely 50% of projects deliver on time. Drilling down, 23% of those failures cite poor resource allocation as the primary factor. Resource allocation works the same way, whether for a project or for day-to-day operations. But, allocating the right resources at the right time could be the difference between success and failure. . In this article, we’ll give you the full rundown on resource allocation.

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Vendor Showcase Recap: Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Rich Murphy’s showcase session, Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content.

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8 Tips for Writing a Compassionate Rejection Letter

Teamweek

Getting a rejection letter for a job you really wanted is never an easy experience. Also, writing a rejection letter can be stressful, even for the best of us. This is truer than ever nowadays when the pandemic forces candidates to be extremely competitive. How you as a company handle this rejection is a critical aspect of your candidates’ experience , and can make or break your employer brand.

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Strategic Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Impact

Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management

Empower yourself as a project manager with insights that directly influence the financial landscape and strategic direction of your organization! Join us for a deep dive into the world of financial strategy, as we dissect key metrics that drive CFOs and business leaders’ investment decisions.This session will equip you with the necessary tools to craft compelling business cases as well as a comprehensive understanding of the crucial distinction between capital expenditure and operational expendi